Carlsbad police: Man found sleeping in car with two handguns, drug-related items

Carlsbad police arrested a 23-year-old man Monday morning after he was found holding two handguns and drug-related paraphernalia while sleeping in his car.

Police say Remigio Morales, 23, was sleeping in a small Dodge passenger car around 6 a.m. Monday when Officer John Sneathen responded to a report of a stalled vehicle in the 1000 block of South Canal Street.

Sneathen saw a handgun exposed in Morales' coat pocket, police said. Further searching revealed a second handgun in another pocket and two drug-related pipes. Both handguns were reported stolen, police said. According to a news release, Morales has a previous felony charge and had his license revoked. He was arrested and charged on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm, two counts of receiving stolen property and possession of drug paraphernalia. He is being held in the Eddy County Detention Center.